Quotes about Adversity
Survival is staying alive one breath at a time.
— Frank Herbert
People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
— Frank Herbert
Anything and anyone can fail, he said, but brave good friends help.
— Frank Herbert
May thy knife chip and shatter.
— Frank Herbert
as had happened so many times in the past, for every problem solved a new one was added. Beneath
— Frank Herbert
Whatever comes from behind the mountains must cross the dunes.
— Frank Herbert
If you stay high in the storm you'll survive.
— Frank Herbert
The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
— Albert Schweitzer
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
— Theodore Roosevelt
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
— Charles Swindoll
Relatively mild gusts of wind blow some trees down. Graceful palm trees, for example, are lovely to look at but will not stand up in a heavy wind because they are not well anchored.
— Joseph Wirthlin
When one door closes, another window opens.
— Julie Andrews